PARIS: A French Professor of pulmonary medicine says Nelson Mandela's readmittance to hospital with a lung infection is a serious sign of his ailing health. RAW. VID502791_EN

DURBAN/PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA: Ordinary South Africans react to news that Nelson Mandela has been readmitted to hospital. RAW. VID502680_EN. VID502705_EN

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela is one of the towering figures of modern history. He is a symbol of freedom and forgiveness which extends far beyond the borders of South Africa, the country he helped liberate from apartheid rule. A profile. PKG. NSV - VID502653_EN / VOICED - VID502654_EN

VARIOUS: File images of Nelson Mandela. FILE. VID354670_EN

+ CYPRUS

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NICOSIA: Cypriots wait for what's next, a day after banks finally opened their doors. RAW. 1600 GMT

LYON, FRANCE: Nearly 100 Roma gypsies are staying in a gymnasium in Lyon after their camp was bulldozed by French police -- with the government saying its crackdown on illegal camps will continue. PKG. 1400 GMT

VIENNA: What does the band Pink Floyd have in common with artist René Magritte and the video game "Super Mario"? The Leopold Museum's exhibition about clouds has the answer. RAW. 1100 GMT

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PARIS: French President Francois Hollande vows to reverse near record unemployment as he defends his record amid plummeting ratings. RAW. VID502941_EN

BRAZZAVILLE: Further coverage of the visit of China's new leader Xi Jinping to the Republic of the Congo. RAW. TBC

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BANGUI: Michel Djotodia, self proclaimed president of Central African Republic, asks all the armed forces, whether rebels or from the regular army, to work together to restore normality. RAW. VID502858_EN

BRAZZAVILLE: Congolese await a visit from China's new President Xi Jinping to the impoverished Republic of the Congo. RAW. VID502873_EN, VID502932_EN

+ MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

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TUNIS: Activists gather in the Arab Spring's birthplace for a global anti-capitalist event that brings together Tunisian revolutionaries and Western protest movements. RAW. VID502782_EN

+ LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

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BORDER BETWEEN GUATEMALA & MEXICO: Illegal immigrants trying to enter the US walk 'The way of the cross', marking the Christian holy day of Good Friday. RAW. TBA.

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CARACAS: A television animation shows late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez reaching heaven and being received by many late Latin American leaders including Simón Bolívar and Che Guevara. RAW. VID502942_EN

CARACAS: An line of Venezuelans files past the tomb of late president Hugo Chavez inside an old barracks perched in a hillside Caracas slum. RAW. VID502902_EN

SALISBURY, MARYLAND: The effects of the massive budget cuts known as the "sequester" are starting to show -- as with the imminent closure or crippling of small airports, which will now have to operate without their federally-funded air traffic controllers. PKG. NSV - VID502824_EN / VOICED - VID502825_EN